2019 Philadelphia mayoral election

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2019 Philadelphia mayoral election
Flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg
  2015 November 5, 2019 2023  
Turnout26.74% Increase2.svg
  Jim Kenney (2019) (cropped).jpg No image.svg
Candidate Jim Kenney Billy Ciancaglini
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote234,74956,710
Percentage80.33%19.41%

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Kenney:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Ciancaglini:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tie:     50%

Mayor before election

Jim Kenney
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jim Kenney
Democratic

The 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Incumbent mayor Jim Kenney, first elected in 2015, ran for reelection.

Contents

Kenney's platform included raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, providing city support for the maintenance of supervised injection sites, implementing a city soda tax, and ensuring the city's compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement. Ciancaglini promised to end Philadelphia's status as a sanctuary city and cancel plans to establish the supervised injection sites.

Background

No Republican had won a Philadelphia mayoral election since Bernard Samuel in 1947. [1]

Kenney easily won in his bid for re-election to a second term; however, this was the first election since the nationally controversial 2003 election in which the Republican nominee managed to carry a ward, with Ciancaglini carrying slightly fewer wards than 2003 Republican nominee Sam Katz. Despite an easy landslide victory, there was increased dissatisfaction with Kenney and his administration, which continued months after the election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results by ward
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Kenney
40%-50%
50%-60%
60%-70%
70%-80%
80%-90%
Williams
40%-50% Philadelphia Mayor Democratic Primary 2019 by Ward.svg
Democratic primary results by ward
  Kenney
  •   40%-50%
  •   50%-60%
  •   60%-70%
  •   70%-80%
  •   80%-90%
  Williams
  •   40%-50%
Mayor of Philadelphia, Democratic primary, 2019 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Pennsylvania Demcoratic Party Jim Kenney (incumbent) 131,930 66.90
Pennsylvania Demcoratic Party Anthony H. Williams48,01224.35
Pennsylvania Demcoratic Party Alan Butkovitz17,2198.73
Write-in 520.03
Total votes197,213 100.0

Results by Ward [6]

WardKenneyWilliamsButkovitzWrite-inTotal

votes

#%#%#%#%
12,66678.32%39011.46%34510.14%30.09%3,404
24,65484.27%5249.49%3426.19%30.05%5,523
31,66347.60%1,73149.54%1002.86%00.00%3,494
41,73356.25%1,23039.92%1183.83%00.00%3,081
55,31483.61%5678.92%4737.44%20.03%6,356
61,33759.37%82136.46%934.13%10.04%2,252
774674.97%17617.69%727.24%10.10%995
85,68283.02%6279.16%5337.79%20.03%6,844
93,80786.29%3999.04%2064.67%00.00%4,412
103,56669.89%1,40627.56%1302.55%00.00%5,102
111,20762.64%63633.00%844.36%00.00%1,927
122,31166.56%1,00729.00%1534.41%10.03%3,472
131,96463.91%97231.63%1374.46%00.00%3,073
1497771.16%32723.82%695.03%00.00%1,373
153,30581.46%3869.51%3669.02%00.00%4,057
1688062.95%46733.40%513.65%00.00%1,398
172,48964.25%1,23031.75%1554.00%00.00%3,874
182,16377.81%34912.55%2649.50%40.14%2,780
1991877.27%20717.42%635.30%00.00%1,188
2066668.10%28028.63%323.27%00.00%978
214,45272.95%89014.58%75912.44%20.03%6,103
224,70974.44%1,38221.85%2353.71%00.00%6,326
231,29363.60%55027.05%1909.35%00.00%2,033
241,42568.08%55026.28%1185.64%00.00%2,093
2566256.48%26322.44%24620.99%10.09%1,172
261,25454.69%51622.50%52222.76%10.04%2,293
271,72579.27%35916.50%904.14%20.09%2,176
281,04262.88%53232.11%835.01%00.00%1,657
291,23772.51%40523.74%643.75%00.00%1,706
303,07582.62%42211.34%2246.02%10.03%3,722
311,88780.26%24410.38%2179.23%30.13%2,351
321,56764.14%78031.93%963.93%00.00%2,443
3377266.15%26923.05%12510.71%10.09%1,167
343,80255.44%2,78840.65%2673.89%10.01%6,858
351,43657.12%78831.34%29011.54%00.00%2,514
363,77267.61%1,52227.28%2825.05%30.05%5,579
371,09069.69%38524.62%895.69%00.00%1,564
382,21173.46%60820.20%1906.31%10.03%3,010
393,41566.03%89417.29%85816.59%50.10%5,172
403,06556.16%2,14439.28%2494.56%00.00%5,458
4166049.14%37027.55%31123.16%20.15%1,343
421,30165.87%54027.34%1346.78%00.00%1,975
431,14866.47%49128.43%885.10%00.00%1,727
441,17554.95%88441.35%783.65%10.05%2,138
4561447.19%30723.60%37929.13%10.08%1,301
464,05876.31%1,07620.23%1823.42%20.04%5,318
4761365.70%28630.65%343.64%00.00%933
481,73966.60%70927.15%1636.24%00.00%2,611
492,06761.03%1,18434.96%1364.02%00.00%3,387
504,81373.18%1,60224.36%1622.46%00.00%6,577
512,09356.94%1,46739.91%1143.10%20.05%3,676
523,09861.14%1,76134.75%2084.10%00.00%5,067
5386653.33%43927.03%31819.58%10.06%1,624
5450248.36%25324.37%28327.26%00.00%1,038
5575948.97%33921.87%45029.03%20.13%1,550
561,35251.04%52319.74%77429.22%00.00%2,649
571,11150.32%44320.06%65129.48%30.14%2,208
581,73355.09%49915.86%91329.02%10.03%3,146
592,61569.29%1,02527.16%1333.52%10.03%3,774
602,04161.00%1,17635.15%1263.77%30.09%3,346
612,22662.77%1,16632.88%1544.34%00.00%3,546
621,07057.01%56530.10%24112.84%10.05%1,877
631,31657.52%31713.85%65528.63%00.00%2,288
6453150.33%22421.23%30028.44%00.00%1,055
651,05852.61%38219.00%57028.34%10.05%2,011
661,46847.82%62120.23%98031.92%10.03%3,070

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Mayor of Philadelphia, Republican primary, 2019 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Billy Ciancaglini 17,291 99.61
Write-in 680.39
Total votes17,359 100

General election

Results

Mayor of Philadelphia, general election, 2019 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Pennsylvania Demcoratic Party Jim Kenney (incumbent) 234,749 80.33
Republican Billy Ciancaglini56,71019.41
Write-in 7800.27
Total votes292,239 100.0
Pennsylvania Demcoratic Party hold

Results by Ward [10]

WardJim Kenney
Democratic
Billy Ciancaglini
Republican
Write-inTotal
votes
# %# %# %
13,65777.01%1,07522.64%170.36%4,749
26,43385.82%1,03213.77%310.41%7,496
33,89697.45%1002.50%20.05%3,998
43,63397.30%922.46%90.24%3,734
58,25086.57%1,22612.86%540.57%9,530
62,54296.73%803.04%60.23%2,628
71,40091.80%1238.07%20.13%1,525
88,59685.85%1,37713.75%400.40%10,013
94,99489.19%59210.57%130.23%5,599
105,85997.80%1262.10%60.10%5,991
112,37297.25%652.67%20.08%2,439
124,16695.99%1633.76%110.25%4,340
133,76495.85%1493.79%140.36%3,927
141,67694.90%864.87%40.23%1,766
154,75287.63%65112.00%200.37%5,423
161,78196.74%532.88%70.38%1,841
174,62097.06%1352.84%50.11%4,760
183,37083.23%66416.40%150.37%4,049
191,29394.79%695.06%20.15%1,364
201,43395.66%634.21%20.13%1,498
217,60071.13%3,06128.65%240.22%10,685
227,23795.99%2823.74%200.27%7,539
232,42583.45%47116.21%100.34%2,906
242,41995.69%1034.07%60.24%2,528
251,37455.83%1,07143.52%160.65%2,461
261,74339.70%2,62959.89%180.41%4,390
273,32894.17%1965.55%100.28%3,534
282,00197.85%432.10%10.05%2,045
292,26695.77%933.93%70.30%2,366
304,28590.59%4299.07%160.34%4,730
312,94477.09%85922.49%160.42%3,819
323,09996.15%1123.48%120.37%3,223
331,39578.77%37321.06%30.17%1,771
347,85494.44%4525.44%100.12%8,316
353,53480.05%87619.84%50.11%4,415
366,27991.52%5277.68%550.80%6,861
371,98996.98%592.88%30.15%2,051
383,68590.65%3759.23%50.12%4,065
394,90758.11%3,50541.51%320.38%8,444
406,74092.70%5177.11%140.19%7,271
411,60658.76%1,12341.09%40.15%2,733
422,50490.66%2549.20%40.14%2,762
432,04995.88%884.12%00.00%2,137
442,40197.17%662.67%40.16%2,471
451,31639.10%2,03060.31%200.59%3,366
465,59896.52%1753.02%270.47%5,800
471,26895.77%513.85%50.38%1,324
483,02386.17%47413.51%110.31%3,508
494,05795.86%1724.06%30.07%4,232
507,50897.03%2222.87%80.10%7,738
513,99396.61%1333.22%70.17%4,133
525,76795.02%2944.84%80.13%6,069
532,16672.71%80126.89%120.40%2,979
541,34677.58%38522.19%40.23%1,735
551,67747.97%1,80851.72%110.31%3,496
563,10454.56%2,57445.25%110.19%5,689
572,28743.84%2,92256.01%80.15%5,217
583,58343.11%4,71256.70%160.19%8,311
594,62196.19%1773.68%60.12%4,804
603,65997.29%932.47%90.24%3,761
614,44993.54%3016.33%60.13%4,756
622,34876.48%71523.29%70.23%3,070
632,51043.90%3,19255.83%150.26%5,717
641,03139.37%1,58260.40%60.23%2,619
652,02347.72%2,20552.02%110.26%4,239
663,26434.42%6,20765.45%120.13%9,483

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